Washington: Novavax Inc. said Thursday that its COVID-19 vaccine appears 89 per cent effective based on early findings from a British study and that it also seems to work — though not quite as well — against new mutated strains of the virus circulating in that country and South Africa. The announcement comes amid worry […]
Washington:The US has said that it is carefully reviewing a report from the UN on Sri Lanka’s human rights situation which highlights worrying trends such as deepening impunity, increasing militarisation of governmental functions, ethno-nationalist rhetoric and intimidation of the civil society over the past year. The report urges enhanced monitoring and strong preventive action by […]
Srinagar: Government forces on Thursday arrested a militant of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) outfit in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The militant, identified as Imtiyaz Ahmad Khan from Bandipora’s Panzigam area, was apprehended at a special checkpoint established by government forces following a tip-off, a police spokesman said. “Police, along with security forces, have […]
New Delhi: The crowd at the protest sites in Delhi’s Singhu and Tikri borders was visibly thin on Thursday two days after the tractor parade turned violent, even though the farmer unions said it was because the protesters, who had come to the national capital to take part in January 26 march, have returned home. […]
Srinagar: A Government School building was gutted in a fire mishap at Amarbugh village of Imamsahib in South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thursday evening. Locals said that a massive fire broke out this evening at Government School building Amarbugh following which they called officials and tried to douse off fire. They said that the […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday reported 63 new COVID-19 cases taking the overall tally to 124297. Of the cases reported today, 45 were reported in Kashmir while Jammu division reported 18 infections. Reader correspondentkashmirreader.com
Jammu: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday demanded immediate withdrawal of the three farm laws saying these were enacted without consulting farmers. Mehbooba, who arrived in Jammu on Wednesday on a week-long tour of the region to hold threadbare discussions with senior PDP leaders on party affairs and future strategy, made these remarks at Gandhi […]
SRINAGAR:Kashmir Reader expresses its condolence to its staffer Moazum Mohammad on the demise of her aunt who passed on Thursday. It prayed for the departed soul and hoped the family would overcome this loss. Meanwhile, the management committee of Kashmir Press Club expresses grief over the demise of aunt of Moazum Mohammad, journalist and Vice President […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday slammed the Centre for “not doing anything” to curb TV programmes which have “instigating effect” and said that control over such news is as important as some preventive measure and to check law and order situation. Referring to the internet shutdown in some areas of Delhi on January 26 […]
Wuhan: A World Health Organisation team has emerged from quarantine in the Chinese city of Wuhan to start field work in a fact-finding mission on the origins of the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. The researchers, who were required to complete 14 days in quarantine after arriving in China, could be seen leaving their […]